A/N:

Alright, Welcome everyone to the sort of AU story of monsuno.

Basically takes place, eh, about a week or so after episode 18 of Monsuno Combat Chaos (also known as frenemies). Chase and the gang end up stumbling into another plot as the Hand tried to initiate another plan to gain monsuno energy.

(This beginning had now been rewritten THREE different times. Just know way too much effort was put into this whole project/ thanks for taking the time to read)

Enjoy!

The desert stretched far ahead for miles, sunlight heating up the sand below their feet. A black haired teen in a blue jacket, Chase Suno, was the first out of the shade of tropical trees that was right next to the desert. He took a long gaze around as the rest of his friends, trailed out of the jungle behind him.

"Ugh. Why does it have to be so hot here!" Bren said, slumping as he walked along. He took his glasses off as he wiped some of the sweat off his brow.

"It's only been ten minutes since we left camp, Bren. I'd imagine you could man up for a few minutes," Jinja remarked, but also couldn't help but sigh at the heat.

"Easy for you to say," Bren started, and smirked, "It's as hot as your head out here." Jinja turned with a ferocious look.

"What was that?!"

Chase couldn't help but chuckle at the antics of his friends. He had been traveling for a while with Jinja and Bren specifically for almost a year now searching for his missing father, Jeredy Suno. Along the way they picked up a white-haired monk named Beyal, and a rather brash but clever teen named Dax. Of course he had also found trouble in the form of different enemies along the way, but that was something that he and the rest of them could handle.

Especially since they had monsuno on their side.

"We should reach the spot Dr. Suno specified in an hour or so," Bren said, looking down at the Core Tablet in his hands.

"Then we should be able to head back early right?" Beyal asked, gazing around at the desert around them.

"Yeah, then we wouldn't have to listen to Bren complain," Dax said, snickering a bit. Bren glared daggers at him.

"Oh, you all can just go-"

Chase's attention to his group was long gone, however, as he continued to walk forward. His dad had sent the small group out to collect samples of monsuno energy levels, saying it would only take a day or so. Chase continued to walk forward, half listening to his friends talking (or in Bren and Jinja's case, fighting). It was almost relaxing when compared to all the other battles they faced in the past few weeks. All things concerning S.T.O.R.M., Dr. Klipse, and the Hand of Destiny seemed so far away when doing an activity that was so mundane.

It almost reminded him of long ago when he used to be a whole family with his mother and father.

Chase slowed his pace a little at that last thought. As much as he loved having his father back in his life, he was still missing his mother, and it had only gotten worse with the constant visions he would have of her. But she had gone missing long ago, there was no way she could be guiding him this whole time...

He started walking again, his thoughts lingering on what happened a few weeks ago with their last encounter with the Hand of Destiny. It wasn't all bad, seeing that he now knew that his mother was wherever those creeps were. Still, it wasn't comforting to have that information.

"Oi! Baby Suno!" Dax shouted. Chase turned around. He must've quickened his pace at the last moment without realizing it, because everyone was now at least twenty paces away.

"Oh. Sorry. Lost in thought. Was there something you wanted?" Chase asked. Dax rolled his eyes.

"Yeah. We've been at it all day now. And I don't think you've noticed, but everyone could use a break," Dax said, tilting his head towards the others. Chase immediately looked all around them, seeing nothing but sand and desert for miles. By the time he turned completely around, everyone had caught up and were drinking heavily from their water bottles.

"Sorry Dax. But I don't see anywhere for us to take a break," Chase shrugged, "I'm sure we're almost to the meeting point. Isn't that right B?"

"Wha-" Bren spluttered as he spilt water all over his front, "Oh. Hold on." He took out the core tablet, and after a few clicks, he frowned.

"Sorry Chase. I can't seem to get a signal out here," Bren said, and started to tap away at the screen.

"That's okay. Beyal, can you see anything with your-" Chase stopped as soon as he saw the far away look that Beyal was giving. Not really looking at anything in particular, and most likely in the middle of some sort of vision. After a moment, his eyes blinked back to normal.

"uh... Earth to Beyal. Did you see anything?" Chase asked. Slowly, Beyal looked up, but shook his head.

"I'm afraid not. Though I did sense a... disturbance in energy not to far from here," he replied, trailing off at the end. Jinja, who was next to him, gave Chase a worrying look.

"I'm sure it's probably fine," Chase waved his hand around, "According to my dad, we only have to go a few miles out into the desert before we get to the point."

They spent a few more minutes walking across the sand dunes, which started to look extremely similar after a while. The only difference was how distant the jungle trees behind them became. Chase could feel sweat rolling down his face in bucket loads. When he turned around, everybody wasn't doing to well either.

"I spy with my little eye-" Bren said, "Something starting with s."

"Oh let me guess. It's sand right?" Jinja said sarcastically, "Like all the past five times."

Bren gave a frown before coming to a halt, looking over everybody, "Actually, no."

Chase noticed the surprise in his tone, and turned around. "What is it, B?"

Bren pointed forward, and when they all looked there was something on the horizon. It was small and black at the moment, but was moving across the desert to their left.

"What is it?" Jinja asked, squinting.

"... It kind of looks like S.T.O.R.M.," Chase said, "Bren, do you know if there's a base around here?" Bren was tapping on the core tablet and furrowing his brow.

"I still can't get a signal out here. It's like there's something blocking it," Bren said, "Or it's just a big dead zone out here."

Chase bit his lip. Now they couldn't tell how far to go, or even if they were heading in the right direction.

"Well... Since they're not heading our way, I suppose we should just keep going," he said, and continued to walk. He only took five steps before he found himself slipping down one of the dunes. He let out a yelp before hitting the bottom.

"Chase! You all right?" Jinja exclaimed. Chase brushed the sand out of his hair before turning back.

"Yeah, I'm fine!" He shouted, "Just slid down a small-" He stopped when he found himself staring up at everyone.

'I guess the fall was larger then I though.'

"Hold on! We're coming down!" Bren shouted. Chase continued to look around, and found that he was standing in the a large depression in the sand. There were also rocks instead of sand, as he moved to the middle, and soon he was looking down a large pit in the ground.

"Whatcha find Baby Suno?" Dax asked. Chase bent down to look inside, but it got dark after a few feet down.

"Not sure. But I have a feeling its what my dad was looking for," he said, standing back up, "He did say we would know it when we saw it."

"Well maybe we should send someone down, just to make sure," Jinja said. They heard Bren give out a yelp as he slid down, and all turned to him.

"Ah! I hate sand!" he groaned, and looked up, "... So what are we doing?" Jinja turned to Chase with a mischievous smirk.

HLP

"Is it almost ready?" A voice purred in the dark. The only light within the large cavern was from the light being reflected off of the pool in the middle. The distant sound of water trickling echoed throughout the place.

"Only a few more minutes and the barrier will finally come down," another voice said as five figures stood close by the edge of the water, "The second it does, we will only have a moment before it escapes. We must make haste when it does."

The pool continued to shimmer, and soon it was lighting the entire pool on it's own. One of the figures soon had a twisted smile appear on their face, eyes lighting up at the reaction.

"Petros will be proud to know that we will have finally succeeded."

MDL

"Chaaaase! Why do I have to be the one to go down?" Bren whined as they continued to lower him into the hole. They strapped a rope around him like a harness, though that did little to comfort him. It kept getting darker and darker as they let the rope drop more.

"Because-uh!... Bren... Your... The lightest!" Chased huffed out, trying to keep a firm grip on the rope. It was an overstatement considering how they were all desperately trying to hold on.

"Why couldn't you send Jinja down? Or Beyal?" Bren continued to complain, his voice echoing up to them. In all honesty, it would've been easier to send someone lighter down, but since Bren was the only one who could manage the Core Tablet he was the one getting shoved into the hole.

"You know how much I don't like cold, dark, cramped spaces!" Bren continued to grumble. He brought the Core Tablet up, pushing a few buttons until a decent amount of light was shining around. He frowned when he was still looking at the walls, despite being a good ten feet down from everyone. He looked down and could see the ground a few feet below, and the hole widening out.

"I think I see the bottom now!" Bren called out, "It looks like its a cave or something. Can you guys lower any more?"

"...Geh! I don't think so!" Chase shouted. "Do you see anything down there?"

Bren frowned at the wall, "No. If you could lower me one more-"

A small bit of light crept through a crack in the wall. Bren tried to look through, but the hole was too small. He started to chip away at the wall, crumbling in small shards at first and then quickly becoming large chunks.

"... Bren? You see something?"

"Yeah! There's this light but I can't see anything. The hole's too small," Bren replied. He continued to poke at it until his hand could fit through, "... I can't see what it is though! The light's really bright!"

Above, Jinja gave Chase a look. "Why would there be light in a cave?"

"Don't know," He responded, and turned back to the hole, "Can you see where the light is coming from?!"

"... No... Maybe if I-woah!"

Bren's weight had suddenly shifted, and they were all yanked forward into the hole. Their screams echoed throughout as they hit the ground. It wasn't very far down, but that didn't mean it wasn't painful.

"Ow ow ow..." Jinja said, turning to punch Bren in the shoulder, "Why'd you pull us down, Bren!"

"Agh! It's not my fault! The light got really bright," Bren mumbled. Chase managed to pull himself out from everyone, suddenly realizing where they were. It was a cavern with all kinds of stones glittering as light shined in the distance. He could vaguely make out the silhouettes of a group of people a couple of yards away. He heard footsteps, and turned to see Beyal looking at the strange light.

"There's something wrong about the air in here," he said, "it is as if pure monsuno energy is in the air itself."

Chase took a few steps forward, and could vaguely see as the light started to distort. Suddenly, he heard someone shouting at them.

"Can you see who they are?" Jinja asked, trying to look as well.

"Yeah, for all we know it could be someone from S.T.O.R.M., or even Dr. Klipse and his creepy butler," Dax added. Chase took a few steps forward, but stopped when he saw one of the people move their way towards the rest of them.

"Who are you and what are you doing down here?!" They asked in a stern voice that echoed throughout the room. "Don't you know this area is a restricted section?"

"Sorry. But we were just looking for the exit," Chase said, taking a step forward. For the most part, he didn't recognize the voice as anyone they had met so far. Either that or it was S.T.O.R.M. soldiers doing Charlemange's dirty work.

"Y-yeah!" Bren piped, "So If maybe you could direct us towards-"

"LAUNCH!" A core suddenly came spinning right at them. Chase had his hand on Locke's core at the time, however, and spun out as well.

"Locke, Launch!" He shouted and ran a few feet ahead of everyone else, "Stay there guys!"

Within a second of hitting the other core, Locke appeared in a burst of blue light, and gave out a roar that shook the whole cavern. The other core on the other hand was lying dully at Locke's feet...

"Wait! Where's the other one?" Bren asked, frantically looking around. There was now burst of light from the other core, and it laid dully on the ground. The person suddenly let out a howl of laughter.

"You didn't think I actually had a monsuno did you?" They said, and let out another round of laughter before the whole cavern was enveloped in white light.

MLD

Jeredy Suno leaned back and cracked his spine, and sighed in relief. For the past two days he was trying to find the location of the unknown spike of monsuno essence that had appeared. Unfortunately for him, it was gone as quick as it came.

His eyes lingered on the screen for a moment before he let out an exhausted sigh. It was a map of the whole world with little dots clustering in many places, signaling areas with large concentrations of monsuno energy.

"I wonder if Chase made it to the point yet," he finally said, tapping a few keys. He looked over to see Jon Ace, standing still inside the glass case. He had yet to find a cure still, but was determined to find the cure. That was one of the reasons he sent Chase out to search for this new outbreak of monsuno essence.

"I think this will be it Jon," Jeredy said, "If we can get a hold of even a sample of this energy, then maybe I can find gene that can change you back. For all we know, it could pop out of nowhere-"

Like a signal, the screen started blinking over in the desert area of the Sahara. Jeredy gasped, knowing that was in the area that Chase last called from. He furiously tapped away, trying to locate the signal, when Jon suddenly let out a roar.

"Jon! What is it?" He exclaimed jumping to his feet. Jon started to thrash about in the case, but it managed to hold up. Jeredy's gaze went back and forth between the blaring computer and Jon desperately trying to get out of the container. Soon, it had started to crack.

"Jon, you have to calm down!" Jeredy said steadily. He banged on the glass wall, trying to get his attention. Finally, Jon looked up with a glare. Jeredy gasped. Before, Jon's eyes were a piercing red, now they were emanating a green color.

Slowly, the beeping from the computer grew silent, and his eyes went back to normal. Jon slumped to the bottom of the case with a thud, leaving Jeredy staring down at him with wide eyes. Throughout the time he had been trying to find a cure for Jon, Jeredy had seen the worst of the effects of the monsoon essence. Green eyes wasn't one of them.

Not knowing what to do, he merely gave once last look at the screen, seeing the last of the tremors die out. He didn't get the reading because of Jon, but it seemed like that was the least of his worries. Sighing, went to the back to get something to patch up the cracks in Jon's containment unit, knowing that Chase was most likely in the dead center of whatever just happened.

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